Township 27S Range 32W

36 of the 36 sections here carry both measurements. The median section has fallen 211.3 ft since the aquifer was developed, against 18.2 ft across the whole surface.

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What has happened in township 27S32W

Median depth went from 106.0 ft before development to 316.9 ft — a change of 211.3 ft, over 36 of 36 sections. Deeper: 36. Shallower: 0. Sharpest fall, section 26 at 216.6 ft; the smallest fall is section 01 at 196.1 ft — every section here is deeper than before.

Why some sections have risen.

Section by section

Township 27S Range 32W — depth to water before the aquifer was developed, against the 2022–2024 surface, in feet below ground. A plus sign means the water is deeper than it was; a minus sign means it is shallower. A dash means one of the two is missing; ≥ marks a change computed from a figure floored at ground level.
Sec.	Before	2022–24	Change
01	87.7 ft	283.9 ft	+196.1
02	87.2 ft	289.3 ft	+202.1
03	91.0 ft	296.8 ft	+205.8
04	92.5 ft	299.4 ft	+206.8
05	92.0 ft	299.6 ft	+207.7
06	101.8 ft	308.7 ft	+206.9
07	102.6 ft	312.9 ft	+210.3
08	97.7 ft	305.8 ft	+208.0
09	99.4 ft	306.3 ft	+206.9
10	90.4 ft	299.3 ft	+208.9
11	87.1 ft	295.2 ft	+208.0
12	86.7 ft	290.0 ft	+203.3
13	87.0 ft	295.2 ft	+208.2
14	87.7 ft	300.2 ft	+212.5
15	95.0 ft	306.4 ft	+211.4
16	109.7 ft	316.2 ft	+206.5
17	107.1 ft	315.8 ft	+208.7
18	106.0 ft	319.1 ft	+213.1
19	116.1 ft	331.2 ft	+215.1
20	125.9 ft	337.2 ft	+211.3
21	117.1 ft	326.5 ft	+209.5
22	104.5 ft	317.3 ft	+212.8
23	102.2 ft	316.9 ft	+214.6
24	101.3 ft	312.2 ft	+210.8
25	129.2 ft	342.1 ft	+212.9
26	121.9 ft	338.4 ft	+216.6
27	120.6 ft	334.9 ft	+214.4
28	132.4 ft	345.6 ft	+213.2
29	146.2 ft	360.6 ft	+214.4
30	147.9 ft	363.9 ft	+215.9
31	157.8 ft	374.2 ft	+216.4
32	158.6 ft	375.0 ft	+216.3
33	144.7 ft	359.6 ft	+214.8
34	136.5 ft	350.3 ft	+213.8
35	149.8 ft	363.4 ft	+213.5
36	148.9 ft	358.0 ft	+209.2

How to read a depth-to-water figure.

Who has drilled in township 27S range 32W

148 wells in township 27S range 32W have a completion record. Busiest driller: Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC, 45. Oldest record, 1975. Median well 400.0 ft deep.

Sunk for irrigation (108), domestic (24), feedlot (6), monitoring well/observation/piezometer (6).

What a WWC-5 record covers.

Who filed well completion records in township 27S range 32W, busiest first. The last column is the median depth those wells were drilled to — a driller’s own record of how far down the water was.
Driller of record	Wells	Years	Median depth	Median water level
Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC	45	1975–2012	445.0 ft	224.0 ft
Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	38	1976–2009	485.0 ft	172.0 ft
Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC	24	2011–2026	488.0 ft	290.0 ft
Downey Drilling, INC	7	2015–2026	647.0 ft	327.0 ft
Donald R. Dunham Drilling, INC	6	1993–2002	400.0 ft	218.0 ft
Coranco Great Plains, INC	4	2006	340.0 ft	0.0 ft
Richard Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC	4	2003–2004	464.0 ft	292.0 ft
Southwest Windmill	3	2000	200.0 ft	190.0 ft
L & N Pump	2	2024	341.0 ft	297.0 ft
Well Owner	2	1991–1999	289.0 ft	191.0 ft
Bernard E. Carlile Water Well Service, INC	1	1980	180.0 ft	117.0 ft
Cornie Friesen Windmill and Supply CO	1	1982	442.0 ft	188.0 ft
Dunham Drilling, INC	1	2012	430.0 ft	296.0 ft
Gerald Houck Bros. Drilling CO	1	1976	369.5 ft	118.0 ft
Howard Drilling Company Ag, LLC	1	1994	360.0 ft	210.0 ft
Jantzen Water Well	1	2011	465.0 ft	385.0 ft
Layne-christensen CO	1	1976	420.0 ft	110.0 ft
Nash Water Well Service, LLC	1	2024	520.0 ft	304.0 ft
Ralph A. Cadwallader Enterprises	1	2017	355.0 ft	283.0 ft
Smith Irrigation	1	2004	302.0 ft	22.5 ft
T & W Water Well Serv., INC	1	1984	380.0 ft	160.0 ft
Tyler Water Well, INC	1	2013	475.0 ft	280.0 ft
Woofter Pump & Well, INC	1	2014	355.0 ft	283.0 ft

Wells by decade drilled, with the median depth reached and the median water level the driller measured on arrival.
Decade	Wells	Median depth	Median level
1970s	25	450.0 ft	134.0 ft
1980s	16	442.0 ft	172.0 ft
1990s	25	370.0 ft	185.0 ft
2000s	37	450.0 ft	246.0 ft
2010s	30	475.0 ft	283.0 ft
2020s	15	536.0 ft	304.0 ft

What the wells were sunk for, and how deep each purpose went.
Purpose	Wells	Median depth
Irrigation	108	475.0 ft
Domestic	24	380.0 ft
Feedlot	6	450.0 ft
Monitoring well/observation/piezometer	6	340.0 ft
Domestic, Livestock	3	520.0 ft
Oil Field Water Supply	1	180.0 ft

The ten deepest wells on record in township 27S range 32W, by the depth the driller reached. The water level is the one measured on arrival, which is a reading at a point — unlike the surface figures above. The first column is the WWC-5 record number.
Record	Year	Depth	Water level	Purpose	Driller
1052903168	2022	798.0 ft	362.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
506873	2017	792.0 ft	364.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
1052957473	2022	749.0 ft	327.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
1052885215	2022	647.0 ft	296.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
490795	2015	633.0 ft	306.0 ft	Irrigation	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
1057234283	2026	630.0 ft	304.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
1055221212	2024	615.0 ft	302.0 ft	Irrigation	Downey Drilling, INC
523072	2019	610.0 ft	310.0 ft	Domestic, Livestock	Hydro Resources Mid Continent, INC
28252	1994	605.0 ft	250.0 ft	Irrigation	Minter-wilson Drlg. Co., INC
405562	2007	602.0 ft	199.0 ft	Irrigation	Henkle Drilling & Supply Co. INC

Buying or drilling in township 27S range 32W?

The median section here has moved 211.3 ft. What that means for one quarter section takes someone on the ground. Tell us where; we pass the request on.

We are nobody's agent and have no arrangement with any firm today. What we do with this.

This township sits in Far western Kansas. Haskell County, on 100 % of 148 well filings — inferred, not given.

Townships with a comparable number of sections

27S24W 34.9 ft
27S25W 39.7 ft
27S26W 48.4 ft
27S28W 93.8 ft
27S29W 141.9 ft
27S30W 172.7 ft
27S31W 186.5 ft
27S33W 210.1 ft
27S34W 183.3 ft
27S35W 192.2 ft
27S36W 174.7 ft
27S37W 186.3 ft
28S10W -1.5 ft

Neighbours by the count of measured sections, not a ranking: the list slides with the township, so each of the 256 township pages is reachable from the others. All of them.